Using PlantUML in VSCode

Sous-titré en français!!! This is a short tutorial on how to use PlantUML inside of VisualStudio Code with the PlantUML extension. More info below:
1:00 Note: a better snippet is "plantstart" for "plantuml»start" which adds @startuml and @enduml.
2:00 Preview option (you must have Java installed for this to work)
2:22 Skinparam options
4:03 Export Current Diagram (to png)
5:00 Export Current Diagram to Markdown requires VSCode setting:

[nivyan]

This video is still saving programmers' time in 2021, thank you so much <3

[ДенисГ-уг]

Благодарю, бро. На русскоязычном пространстве мало нашел информации по установки PlantUML в VSС, но ты даже для плохо понимающего английский язык все объяснил без переводчика. :)

[garcipat]

Well the part I was missing is the installation of the extension. Getting all the required parts is a bit messy. Always have problems getting it running.

[yammymoo]

Used this video to train my team in 2023 - great tut! thanks

[yehuda]

Wow, merci d'avoir pris le temps de faire ce tutoriel !

[AlfredAyache]

Thanks for this. You may want to mention you need Java installed to do the preview.

[Ramp]

Very Useful found a hard time in finding tutorials of plantuml

[perroneluca]

Realy good and simple introduction, helps me a lot, thanks!

[Vernad]

Thank you!
Why do useful videos (like this) have few views, and useless videos (like discussions about the future of non-existent creatures) have hundreds of thousands of views?
Because: "Enter the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the path leading to perdition is long, and many go by it."

[weirdwordcombo]

in plantuml i dont have to draw manually and can still comprehend stuff better with graphics. perfect!

[peggy]

Fantastic, exactly what I needed. Thank you!

[lallu]

C:\WINDOWS\system32>java -jar plantuml.jar -verbose File1.txt
Error: Unable to access jarfile plantuml.jar
any solution?

[ramyozi]

when i try to preview the uml after saving it. the preview window appears to be blank and i get an error message saying: " Error loading webview: Error: Could not register service workers: InvalidStateError: Failed to register a ServiceWorker: The document is in an invalid state.. "

[charged]

Great video, very helpful, thank you!!!!

[shomugger]

I've install it but ALT+D combination doesn't work, And I don't see it in pop-up menu. What I did wrong?

[mariolopes]

Hi.
How generate puml file of class diagram from java package?

[nickeldan]

When I click "Preview Current Diagram", it just opens up a blank window.

[monsterous]

There's no preview :( And when I try to export it says "1 diagrams, 0 files exported"

[marcelmuller]

I can't preview class diagrams. It always says me "No dot executable found". Can someone help me?

[musicspinner]

How's PlantUML stack up against Mermaid?